What would have happened if Bjork hadn't disappeared into a galaxy of unmusical bleeps and glitches never to come back? I'm not sure, but it's a question that must have plagued Nedry since her disappearance, because they've done their best to come up with the answer. This British trio is the best thing to come out of the Bjork school of minimalism and weirdness...ever. Their album, entitled Condors,is a shining example of just how you can be out of step and glitchy and still be good.
Utilizing elements of dubstep, the aforementioned glitch, electronica, post rock, ambient, and the ghost of Bjork herself Nedry is a seriously delicious proposition. Lush, rich, spacey, and absolutely gorgeous this is all that minimal pop can be and more. Vocalist Ayu Okakita has a voice that's so incredibly cute and tender that you want to treat it like a precious commodity. In listening to her voice between the wobbles and bleeps you can't help but hope that her voice doesn't shatter into a million pieces, it's that fragile. Truth be told, much of Condorsis this way. While there's the odd brutal bassline, much of the album is like Ayu's voice...frail and gorgeous.
Nedry have done a fantastic job of piecing Condorstogether. Unlike the last bunch of Bjork records, Nedry clearly know how to create a balance between melodicism and minimalism without getting lost in a forest of offtempo squiggles. Whether it's through using a guitar, Ayu's voice, or metallic drumbeats from a broken beat box, Condorsis an innovative and enjoyable record that never loses sight of the fact that the song itself is just as important as the sounds. Post-just about everything, Nedry and Condorsis one heck of a record; it's a technological wonderland of sumptuous sounds and voices that will have you thinking, minimalism has never sounded so good.
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